New Microsoft phones Aim at a Younger Crowed Yichi Wan
Ashlee reports that Microsoft is trying to home in on a younger, chattier demographic with two new cell phones centered on social networking. The Kin One and Kin Two allow users to keep closely synched with sites like Facebook, Twitter or MySpace. The start menu displays a montage of photographs from friends with notes about what they are doing rather than a more traditional menu that caters to phone functions. These two products are aimed at Gen-Y users who are social-networking enthusiasts. And Microsoft will choose one of the most popular social networks to built-in support on the phones.
The Kin One is square and fits easily in the palm of a hand. A full keyboard slides down at the bottom of the phone. The Kin Two has the more familiar rectangle shape, an eight-megapixel camera (up from five megapixels on the One) and can take high-definition videos.
New Microsoft phones Aim at a Younger Crowed
Yichi Wan
Ashlee reports that Microsoft is trying to home in on a younger, chattier demographic with two new cell phones centered on social networking. The Kin One and Kin Two allow users to keep closely synched with sites like Facebook, Twitter or MySpace. The start menu displays a montage of photographs from friends with notes about what they are doing rather than a more traditional menu that caters to phone functions. These two products are aimed at Gen-Y users who are social-networking enthusiasts. And Microsoft will choose one of the most popular social networks to built-in support on the phones.
The Kin One is square and fits easily in the palm of a hand. A full keyboard slides down at the bottom of the phone. The Kin Two has the more familiar rectangle shape, an eight-megapixel camera (up from five megapixels on the One) and can take high-definition videos.
Source:
Ashlee Vance. April 12, 2010 "New Microsoft phones Aim at a Younger Crowed" The New York Times.
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